As a consequence of the Second World War, the Pyrenees became a potential conflict zone, which led to the fortification of both sides of the border.<\/p>\n
Two years ago, courtesy of Aventuras Entresierras<\/a>, whose excellent YouTube channel did not I get tired of recommending, we already saw in Explorando.info an interesting video about P Line<\/a>, a line of forts created during the aforementioned conflict and in the post-war years to defend the Spanish Pyrenean border. After that, Aventuras Entresierras published a new video about P Line<\/a>, specifically on theBattery Puig Claper<\/strong>, in the province of Gerona and next to the border with France. The visit to these forts shows fascinating caves used as magazines (and today inhabited by two small bats)<\/strong>, but there are no cannons in it, since it was dismantled before being abandoned.<\/p>\n Aventuras Entresierras took the opportunity to go to France<\/strong>, where it was able to visit the so-called \"Caseta de los Alemanes\" (German Hut), where an interesting vestige of the German occupation during World War II is preserved: a Panzerturm<\/strong> (also known as Panzerkuppel), which was what the Germans called the fortresses equipped with turrets from tanks<\/strong> or surplus from their manufacture.<\/p>\n In this case, the pillbox in question retains the turret of a Panzer 38(t), the German name for the Czechoslovakian battle tank \u010cKD LT vz. 38, a light tank that had been ordered in 1938 by the Czechoslovak Army, but failed to enter service before the German occupation of the country in March 1939.<\/strong> Germany continued production of this vehicle until 1942, building a total of 1,414 units, which were used by the armies of Germany, Peru, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Bulgaria, Hungary, Switzerland and Iran<\/strong>, fighting not only in World War II, but also in the Peruvian-Ecuadorian War (1941-1942). The video is in Spanish, but you can activate the automatic subtitles in English in the bottom bar of the player:<\/p>\n
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